Essential Question

How can an author use the fantastical elements of magical realism to illuminate a larger truth?


Today's Learning Objective


Students will determine the author's purpose and cite specific evidence from the text used to develop this purpose.

RL.10.1, RL.10.2

Bell Work: Opening Adjective

In the model and the scrambled list, identify the opening adjective. Next, unscramble and write out the sentence parts to imitate the model. Finally, write your own imitation of the model and identify the opening adjective.

MODEL: Speechless, Bryson scanned the small living room, frantically.
-Robert Ludlum, The Prometheus Deception

a. hopefully
b. spotted the soft inviting sofa
c. Kendra
d. uncomfortable

And So Charts

Sort into color groups. With your new group, choose a chart to share aloud.

Pass out sample chart.
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How do we turn this into solid, cohesive writing? Do you have PEE in your paragraphs?!
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Teacher model -

with group- Do your own using one of your charts.

Tomorrow is the PSAT! Report to your Advisory teacher tomorrow morning instead of 1st period!